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Akihito
vspolitics · Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019 · monarch
Barack Obama
politics · President of the United States from 2009 to 2017 · politician
Public office comparison
Level on all 2 scored measures — not enough collected to separate these two.
Only things won are scored. Grey rows are context.
Time in public office
- 30 yrsYears in officeOverlapping terms counted once20 yrs
- 2Offices held4
- 30 yrsLongest single term8 yrs
- 1989In office since1997
- —PartyDemocratic Party
Recognition
- —Prizes and honours wonExcludes state orders and honorary degrees18
- 40State ordersOften exchanged between states — not scored2
- —Honorary doctorates3
Same awards
Awards both have received at least once.
- 40State order2
Profile
- 92Age65
- 23 December 1933Born4 August 1961
- Tokyo Imperial PalaceBirthplaceKapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
- JapanNationalityUnited States
- monarch, ichthyologist, zoologistKnown aspolitician, lawyer, political writer
- 62 yrsCareer span55 yrs
Coverage on ChronoCite
How much we have collected so far, not a measure of the figure.
- 66Entries197
- 0Quotes30
- 66Records155
- 0Reported claimsThird-party claims, shown with their rating12
- 2026Newest entry2026
Career counts come from each figure’s Wikipedia honours section and Wikidata claims. A dash means the source is silent; a zero means the source lists none.